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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) A licensed appraisal management company shall compensate appraisers at a rate that is reasonable and customary for appraisal services being performed in the market area of the property being appraised in accordance with 15 USC 1639e and rules promulgated under 15 USC 1639e.
(2) In any report or other written communication to a client, lender, or other person pertaining to the cost of a specific appraisal assignment, a licensed appraisal management company shall separately state the following fees:
(a) Any fee paid to the appraiser for the completion of the appraisal service.
(b) Any fee charged to the client for the licensed appraisal management company's appraisal management services.
(3) A licensed appraisal management company may not do any of the following:
(a) Fail, except in cases of breach of contract or for other good cause, to make payment to an appraiser for the completion of an appraisal service within 30 days after the date on which the appraisal management company receives the completed appraisal service. An appraisal service is complete under this paragraph when the scope of work has been completed and the work product has been delivered to the client with any required certification or other signed document.
(b) Include any fee for appraisal management services performed by the licensed appraisal management company in the amount the company reports as charges for the actual completion of an appraisal service by an appraiser.
(c) Prohibit an appraiser from showing in an appraisal report or other document the fee that the licensed appraisal management company paid to the appraiser for the appraisal service.
(d) Require an appraiser to state or affirm that any fees the licensed appraisal management company paid to the appraiser were reasonable and customary.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wisconsin Statutes Regulation and Licensing (Ch. 440 to 480) § 458.38. Compensation of appraisers - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/regulation-and-licensing-ch-440-to-480/wi-st-458-38/
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